Work has now started on Weston-super-Mare’s fire-ravaged pier pavilion.

More than 100 tonnes of steel per week will be used to form the structure of the new building after fire devastated the popular tourist attraction in August last year.

The specially-constructed floor is still being laid and this work will continue just ahead of the framing works. The roof lining and cladding will start once the front section of the building frame is put up which is scheduled to be before the end of November.

When complete, the new £30 million three-storey structure will include a 90-metre tower with a moving viewing deck, a 4D cinema, a wave-shaped roof, multicoloured glass-panelled walls and state-of-the-art function rooms.

Its bosses have pledged that firm favourites such as dodgems, the ghost train and arcade games will also be back, along with improvements, such as an Edwardian tea room.

Pier owner Kerry Michael said: “Following months of hard work by all the design team and more than £9 million having been invested to date, we are delighted to see the building rising above the deck. The re-opening can’t come soon enough.”

It’s hoped the pier will be open by June next year.

Weston-Super-Mare has been a favourite destination for Midland families who flocked to the pier, which was built in 1904, every year.